Joe’s position paper on Native American issues was used in this college text book. Elizabeth Warren’s DNA testing shows some 6 to 10 generations ago there’s a strong indication of a Native American in her ancestry. Meanwhile, I’m pretty sure … Continue reading
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I was just reading today in Harry Truman’s Where The Buck Stops book about his reflections on President Lincoln. Truman noted that Lincoln, as a youth, not only worked on his parent’s family farm, but he was also hired out … Continue reading
As mentioned in the previous post, I’m currently reading parts of a sociology college textbook written by James Henslin (the above is an outtake from the book). It notes that people in least industrialized countries live on less than $1,000 … Continue reading
Over the weekend, I was reading part of this college textbook on sociology. Under a section on “family,” it noted — among a lot of things — that half the inmates in U.S. jails had a father, mother, brother or … Continue reading
During a village council meeting I was covering last night, the village administrator said he’d been contacted by this church about them holding an open-air morning service in the downtown park. Back and forth discussion ensued among the council members … Continue reading
“Its the economy stupid!” This political campaign slogan mantra is bandied about, either implied or implicit, in every presidential campaign cycle. Ours, however, is a different take on the “economy.” As an example: I was just reading in the book … Continue reading
I just did a newspaper story on Bluffton’s Allen and Diane Yoder. Each year for the past nine years, they have gone on “Road Scholar” learning vacations. The tour guides are local historians, college professors, and such. The Yoders just … Continue reading
Continuing to catch up on last couple months… I recently interviewed Bluffton farmer Greg Probst at his “Century Farm” for a local newspaper article. He grows everything organically, has free-range chickens (no antibiotics), etc., etc., etc… He said he … Continue reading
For the past couple weeks, I’ve been reading the college text book: Essentials of Sociology. If you’re going to be president, understanding the “essentials” of sociological constructs would seem important, huh. Just sayin’. Anyway, this morning I was reading a … Continue reading
Our daughter Sarah is leading a missions trip to Haiti this week for her Spring Break. She’s been to Haiti twice now and Nicaragua once during her four years at college. Just yesterday, I picked up a Mary Knoll Magazine … Continue reading